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"I kuew wtint It was the lnstnut hj
relhtl Dentil!"" hh ill Godfrey Uletly.
And lie knew what It wn the lu
il.int hi' felt the atrokp. It if evident
pnoiiKh tliHl he hail KtH'n It used be
fore or hen nl of It and knew thai It
Mien lit lust.-int death"
I wit down KturliiK at the dead num.
mid tried to olleet my senses. I m
a man rmiirhly (Irexneti. with bush.'
lilaek aalr nnd tnnirltil beard: n very
jrlant it ii inn ii
A midden tliiMicht lironglit me holt
iiprlRht
"Hut Arniti lid!" I rrlcd. "Where Is
ArnmnilV"
tiodfre.v looked at me with a hnlf
pity Iria 'iir
"Wlnl l.exterr' he wild, "don't yon
niHlerMiiinil rven yet? It wim your
fH-lmitln M Ariimnd who did that
B1 he liilcd to the (lend man.
f" ttmnuh I had lieeti xtrnci
heavy blow upon the bead; black
circle whirled before in eyes.
"Wan It Annand." I asked, "who lay
there In the corner?"
"t'ertiilnly It was." Uodfrey answer
ed "Who elxe could It be?"
tiodfiey!" I cried, remembering
midileiil.v. "Old yon see his eyes as
he liiy there watching the man ut the
cabinet?"
"Yes; I hhvc them."
"They were the same eyes?"
"The same eyes."
"And the Imigh-did you hear that
Uiuj;hr
Certainly I henrd It."
"I honnl It once before." I said, "and
you ttiouidit it wim u cuae of uerves'"
I fell silent a moment, shivering 8
little ut the remembrance.
"Hut why did Aruiand lie there so
qnletly?" 1 usked at last. "Was he In
jured r
iodfrey made a little gesture to
ward the corner.
"Co see for yourself." he said.
Something lay along the wall, on the
sKt where I had seen that figure, and
Was it Armind who lay thr In th
corn.r V
s I beut orer it 1 saw that It was a
large net. finely meshed, but very
strong.
"That was dropped over Arniand'a
bead as he came op the stairs." said
CJodfrey. "or flung over him ss he
came Into the room. Then the dead
man yonder Jumped upon hliu and
trussed him np with those ropes."
Poshing the uet aside. I saw uKu
the floor a little ptie of severed cord
"Tea," 1 agreed: "he would be able
to do that. Have you uotl'-ed his siae.
Godfrey? Ue was almost giantr
"He couldn't have done It If Annand
hadn't IxM-n willing that be should."
retorted liodfrey curtly. "You see he
bad no ditrkulty In gettlug away." and
he held up the net and pointed to the
great rents In It- "He cut bis way
out while tie was lying bere. I ought
to have known"
U threw the net down upon the
floor with a cMture of disguxt and dls
palr Then i-e stoied In front of the
Boule cn Uinet and looked down at It
musingly, end. after a moment, bis
face brightened. The t.urlap wrap
Mnga had Iwen almost wholly torn
away.
"But we'll get Dim. Slinmonds,' aaid
Godfrey, and his IIJW broke Into
TEVENSON
Burton E. Stevenson
stutiB. nTn fact, we've got him now.
We have only to wait, aud he'll walk
Into our arms. Simmonds, I want you
to lock this cabluet up lu the- strongest
cell around at your station, carry the
key yourself and give your reasons to
nobody."
"That'll be easy," laughed Slinmonds.
"I haven't got any reasons."
"Oh, yes. you have." aud Godfrey
bent upon him a gaze that was pos
itively hypnotic. "You will do it be
cause I want you to and because 1 tell
you tlmt. sooner or inter, if you keep
this cabinet safe where no one can get
at It, the man we want will walk into
our hands. And I'll tell you more than
that Simnjomla: If we do get lilm, I'll
have the blngent story I ever had, and
you will be world famous. France
will make you a chevalier of the
Legion of Honor, Sluiinouda. mark my
words. This fellow is the blKPtest catch
we could make. lie's the greatest
criminal of modem times."
With Arninud. so finished, so self
poised, so distinguished, my mind
and the body of his latest victim be
fore my eyes, I nodded gloomily.
"But. Godfrey, who Is this man?" 1
asked. "Why did he kill that poor
fellow up there? Why did he kill
Prouet and Vantitie? How did he get
into the Vantlne house? What Is It all
about?"
"Ah!" he said, looking at me with a
smile. "That Is the Important ques
tlon-wbat Is it all about! If I can
I'll drop In tonight to see you. and we
can thrash It out. Will that suit you?
"Yea." 1 snld:"nnd for heaven's sake,
don't fall to come!"
That night I had begun to fear that
Godfrey was going to disappoint me.
so late It was before bis welcome
knock came at my door I hastened to
let him In. nnd I could tell by the sigh
of relief with which he sank into a
chair that he was thoroughly weary.
"If you have an explanation. God
frev." I said, "for heaven's R"ke tell
me! Tell me first how you nnd Sim
monds came to be follo-rlng Armnnd ."
"Rlmnlv because I had found out h
wasn't Armaud. Felix Armand is In
Piu-is at this moment. You were too
credulous. Lester."
"Why, 1 never had any doubt of his
being Aruinnd," I summered. U?
knew about my cablegram; he knew
about the firms answer
"Of course he did. because your ca
hie was never received by the Ar
mauds, but by a coufediirute In this
fellow's employ, and It w;ia that con
federate who answered It."
"Then von still believe that the cabl
net was sent to Vantlne by design and
not by accident?"
"Absolutely. It was sent by the Ar
niands In good faith because they be
lleved that It had been purchased by
Vantlne. all of wbch had been arrang
ed very carefully by the great un
known."
"Tell me how vol! know all this.
Godfrey." 1 said.
"1 entiled our man at I'aris to Invt-s
tigate. Our man went nt once to the
elder Armnnd and learned a number
of very Interesting things. One was
that the son. Fell Armand, was In
Paris; another was that no member
of the firm knew anything about your
cable or the answer to It; a third was
that had the cable been received It
would have been understood, because
the Armands' books show that this
cabinet was bought by Philip Vautiue
for the sum of 15.000 francs."
"Not this one!" I protested.
"Yes. .this one, and It was cheap at
the price."
"But Vantlne told me himself that
be did not buy that cabinet.
"Nor did be. Hut somebody bought
It in his name a nd directed that it be
tent forward to him."
"And paid 15.0- m francs for it?"
"Certainly And paid 15.000 francs
to the Armands."
"Rather an expensive present," I
aid feebly, for my brain was begin
nlng to whirl again.
"Oh. It wasn't intended as a present
The purchaser planned to reclaim it
but Vantlne's death threw him out."
"But what was his object? Was he
trying to evade the duty?"
"The other cabinet is the one which
Vantlne really purchased. It was. of
course, sent forward to this other fel
low's address bere in New York, nis
plan In evident enough to call uton
Vantlne as the representative of the
Armands or perhaps as the owner of
the Montespan cabinet and make the
exchange. Vantlne's dVtith sp-d'ed
that, and he had to make theeichauw't
through you"
"And be accomplished all this by
means of confederate In the employ
of the Armands?"
"No doubt of It- The clerk who made
the siii;mwm1' s ile to Vantlne and got
a commission on It resigned suddenly
two (lavs ago-Just as soon as be bud
Intercepted your cable and answered
It. The Purls police are looking for
him. but I doubt if they'll find him."
That's all clear enough." 1 said.
but what Is there nlxnit that Boule
cabinet which miikes this unknown
willing to do murder for It? IVies he
think those letters are still in it?"
"He knows they are not In It now
you told him. Before that he knew
nothing a out the letters. IT be bad
known of them he would have bad
them out liefore the cabinet wns ship
pod."
"What Is It. then?" I demanded
"And. nhove all. Godfrey, why should
this fellow bide himself In Vantlne's
house nnd kill two men?"
"1 see no reason to believe that he
was ever Inside (lie Vantlne house."
said Godfrey quietly. "Tlmt is, until
you took him there yourself this after
noun."
'That's immense He must have
tK'eu In the bouse or he couldn't have
killed Vantine and Immot."
"Who said he killed them?"
"If he didn't kill them, who did?"
"Well." Godfrey answered, "now I'm
going to romance a little. We will re
turn to your fascinating friend, Ar
inund, as we may as well call biin for
the present He Is an extraordinary
num. In my opinion he la the greatest
criminal of modern times."
"if be Is a criminal at ull he Is un
douiitedly a great one," I conceded.
"Hut it is hard for nie to believe that
he Is n criminal, lie's the most cul
tured man 1 ever met"
"Of course he is That's why he's
so dangerous."
CHAPTER XIII.
'Crochard the Invincible."
T
!IIS M. Armnnd," continued
Godfrey. "Is a great criminal
and lias, of course, various
followers, iinon whom be
must rely for the performance of cer
tain details, since he can tie lu but one
place at a time. Abject and absolute
obedience is necessary to success, and
he compels obedience In the only way
In which It can !e compelled among
crlniliials-b.v feur. Tor disobedience
there Is but one piinWiinent-deatli
Aud the manlier of the death Is so cer
tain and so mysterious asto be almost
supernatural. Tor deserters nnd trill
tors are found to have died, inevitably
and Invariably, from the effects of an
Insignificant wound on (he right band
Just above the knuckles
"It is by this secret" Godfrey con
tinned, that Aruiand preserves his
alisolufi- supremacy. Hut occasionally
the temptation Is too great, and one
nf Ids men deserts Armanil sends
llils ca hluet to America. He knows
that In tills case the temptation Is very
great Indeed He fears treachery, and
he arranges In the cabinet a ineclia
ulsui which will Inflict death upon the
traitor In precisely the same way lu
which be himself Inflicts it by means
uf a poisoned stub in the right baud
Imagine the effect upon his gang. He
Is nowhere near when the act of
treachery Is performed, and yet the
traitor dleo instantly and surely I"
"But." I questioned, "what actof
treachery was It tlmt Armand feared?"
"The opening; of the secret drawer."
"Hen you still believe In the poison
ed iiKH-liiinisui?"
"1 certainly do. The tragedy of this
afternoon proves the truth of the
theory."
"1 don't see It." I sold helplessly.
"Why. Lester," protested Godfrey,
"It's as plain as day. Who was that
bearded giant who was killed? The
traitor, of course. Do you suppose for
an instant that Annand was Ignorant
of bis presence in that house? lo you
suppose he would have been able to
take Armand prisoner If Armnnd had
not been willing that he should?"
"1 don't see bow Annand could help
himself after that fellow got bis bunds
on hiin."
"You don't? And you saw yourself
that he wns not lenity bound-that
he hud cut himself loose!"
"That Is true." I said, thoughtfully.
"Let us reconstruct the story," God
frey went on rapidly. "The traitor
discovers the secret of the cabinet. He
follows Aruiand to New York, shadows
him to the house on Seventh avenue,
waits for him there and seizes and
hinds him "He is half mad with tri
umph He chants a crazy singsong
about revenue, revenge, revenge! And
In order I lint the liltiiiipli i""J be com
plete, fie does not kill bis prisoner ut
once. He rolis him Into a corner and
proceeds to rip away the burlap His
triumph will be to open the secret
drawer liefore Annand's eyes And
Allnand lies there in the curu-r. his
eyes gleaming. Ie. -nuse It Ik really
tie moment of his triumph which Is
at hand. The Instant the traitor open
ed the drawer be would be stabbed by
the iKiisoned mechanism! If was for
that that Armand waited!"
1 lay back In my chair with a gasp
of amazement and admiration 1 had
been blind not to see It!
"It was not until the last moment."
Godfrey we-it on. "when the traitor
was bending above the cabinet feeling
for the spring that I realized what was
about to happen There w as 'no time
for hesitation-I sprang Into the routu.
Annand vanished In an Instant, and
the giant also tried to escape, but 1
caught him at the door. I had tio idea
of his danger; I bad no thought that
Armand would dare linger He bad
to kill that uiau: there were no two
ways about It Whatever the risk, be
had to kill him."
"Hut why?" I asked. "Why?"
"To Beal bis Hps. If we bad cap
tured Dim do you auppose Armand s
secret would have been safe for an In
stant? So he bad to kill Lim-he hud
to kill him with the poisoned barb
and he did kill him and got away Into
tbo bargain:"
"Perhaps he knew that we were
there ull the time."
"Of course be did." ussented God
frey grimly "To think that I was
fool cno'urh to suppose that I cc(i',d
follow tiii.i about the streets of Ne'-v
York with. nit Ids knowing It! lie
knew from the tin'. be uogl't be
followed and prepared for It."
"But how about Aruiaud?" I pro
tested "Aren't you going to try to
capture hiiu? Are you going to let him
get away?"
"lid won't get away!" and Godfrey's
eyes were gleaming again. "We dou't
have to search for him, for we've got
our tmp, Lester, and it's baited with
a Unit li'i cau't resist the Boule cabl
net!"
"And you really think he will walk
into your trap?"
"I know be will! One of these days
he will try to get that cabluet out of
the steel cell at the Twenty-third street
station In which we have It locked.
The only tiling I am afraid of Is thai
he'll get away with the caulnet In
spite of us "
Pays pasxed and nothing linppomM--uothiug.
tli.it is. In so far as the cab
Inct was concerned. There was an lu
quest, of course, over the victim ol
the latest tragedy, and once again I
wa-s forced to give my evidence heron
a colonel's jury
The lli'ili'hiu mcnsuicniciits ot tin
victim li il been cabled to Paris, ami
be bad been instantly identified a.- i.
fellow named .Morel. wc:l Known to tin
police as a ilarin-,' and ilcsjicraie ci.m
lual: hi fact. M. I.ci'b"' considered t lu
matter so Important that be cabled
next day that he was sending luspectoi
I'iuot to New York to liivotlrale tin
ad'air further and to confer with inn
bureau as to the best met hods to In
taken to apprehend the murderer In
gpcctnr I'igot. it was added, would sal
at once from Havre on La Savole
Meanwhile. Grady's men. with Sim
monds at their bend, strained every
nerve to discover the whereabouts ot
the fugitive; a net was thrown ovei
the entire city. but. while a number ol
fish were cupturiMl. the one which tin
police particularly wished for was mil
among them Grady asserted eonft
dently that he had left New York
The Boule cabinet remained locked
up I" a cell nt the Twenty third sired
station, and Slniuionds kept the key in
his pocket I was much amused al
the pains which Godfrey took to hi
form the fugitive as to Its where
about and as to how It was guarded
Over and over again, while the othei
papers wondered at his Imbecility, he
told how It had been placed In the
strongest cell at the Twenty-third
street station: a cell whose bars were
made of chrome nickel steel which no
saw could bile into; n cell whose lock
was worked nd only by n key, but by
a combination, known to one man
i ly; a cell Isolated from the the nth
ei i. standing alone In the middle of the
third corridor. In full view of the ofll
cer on guard, so that no one could np
proflch It. day oi night, w ithout being
Insttuily discovered; a coll whose door
was connected with an aiitoniatlc
alarm over the sergeant's desk ill the
front room.
Of the Boule cabinet Itself Godfrey
said little, saving bis story for the de
nouement whic h he seemed so suit
would come. But the details which 1
have given above were dwelt upon in
the llei (ird. until, happening to meet
Gislfrey on the street one day, I pro
tested that lie would only succeed lu
f lightening the fugitive away alto
getlier, even If be still had any designs
on the cabinet, which I very much
doubted. But Godfrey only laughed.
"There's not the slightest danger of
frightening hliu away," he suld. "This
fellow isn't that kind."
"But a man would be a fool to at
tempt to get that cabinet." I protested.
"It's simply Impossible."
"It looks Impossl' le, I'm free to ad
mlt," lie agreed. "But. Just the snme,
I wake every morning cold with feai
and run to the plume to make sure the
cabinet's safe. Yon don't appreciate
this fellow as I do. lie's u genius
Nothing is Impossible to hl'il He (lis
da Ills ensy Jobs When be thinks a
Job Is too easy be makes It luirdei
just as n sporting chance."
"You know who he Is then?" I de
inn iided
"I think I do- I hope I do. But I inn
not going to tell even you fill I'm
sure. I'll say (Ills: If be is wfin I
think he is if would lie a delighl to
match one's liralns with lil-i We
haven't got any one lil-.e him ovei
here, vbi Ii Is n pity!"
I wuh Inclined to doubt fills, for I
have no rnuuiiit ic niliiiii.itiou fm p u
tieiaen burglars, even la ficimu ilow
ever pi ture.-ipie and c linanh , a thio
ls, after nil. a 1 l:iel.
Continued next week
W. C. T. II. COLUMN
The Monitor Assumes no respon
sibility for the matter in tl is
column. The Editor.
Officers of W. C T U.
President, Mrs. Esther Morgan.
Kdi or, Mrs. Lucy I.. Whiteaker.
H e rhildn n held their usual nv'tnif
on h'Ji:-lay at the M. K. eh m i, '
swererl at roll call. The new i fli'-ers
were in their place to take ch rco of
the work before their. MciJamcs
Janes, Morgan and Whiteakar were
present to help in th j lessons. N'-w
jnd obi sonfcs were sung to inspire new
enthusiasm and the lesson (the frame
r.t h house wc live i' I whs well
answered by 'he children. Now narr.es
wi-re added to the roll, ir.e rnen.i'tr
ship tiow reaches w ar the hundred
mark ard Mrs James s. erns to be the
right woman in the rit,'bt place to su
perintend this branch of the While
Kibbon army. All are welcome to at
tend the children's meetings.
A farewell social wili be i-'iven to
Ur. Wiltsa &.t the M E. church on
Monday evening by the the members
of the VV. C. T. U.
Memorial sv-rvic-s in honvr of Mr
Koi'.h Hill Booker, president oft'.e
Otigon W. C. T. I'., who JwJ rtccnl-k-
wrre conducted last night by Rev.
W. ii. Hinson, pastor of the White
Temple. The title of his sermon was
"The Vacant Chair," nd he told of
the great loss that the Oregon W. C.
T. IJ. had sustained through the death
of Mrs. Booker. Her work as presi
dent of the organization and the im
portance of it to the' temperance cause
was dwelt upon by Dr. Hinson. A
special musical program was given in
connection with the memorial services.
A picture of Mrs. Booker, decorated
with the insignia of the W. C. T. U.
was displayed in front of the pulpit.
I ort'and, Maine, April 16 By the
death hero of Mrs. Lillian M. N. Ste
vens, who for sixteen years w ;S presi
dent of the National Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union, Miss Anna
Gordon of Evanston, III., who was vice
,reidf nt at large, becomes the hesd 1
of the movement. Mrs. Stevens wss
70 years old. Under her direction the
W. C. T. IJ. grew until it was regul. r-,
iy organized in every State in the
Ui ion. There are now about 12,000
local unions with a membership and
followii g. including the children's so
cieties, of about half a million.
The Woman's Ohristi: .. Unii.n held
their meeting with Mrs. Stansbery on
Monday with 18 present. Devotional
was ltd by Mrs. Morgan, tending scrip-'
tare hsson and Mrs. Fitzgerald gave
the prayer of uplift and all joined in a
hymn of praise to the Great Leader. !
Petitions were discussed and report ,
given were very sstisfactory to the J
cause. Letters and messages from
state ana county clf.cers were inspir
ing and gave us further plans of work. ,
fhe funer. I exercises held in I'ortland
for our loved I'resident was read, show
ing Mrs. Hooker was a great evangelist
and had been a national worker in the
White Ribbon army for 10 years and
all feel her loss will be great to the
state at this time but we rejoice that
we have her plans given us to follow
The workers were all informed through
the new spapers of the death of Mrs.
Stephens our nations, president and a
brief sketch of her life was red and
the grand work she had do e for our
cause giving to the White Ribbon cause
tiefore and since Miss Willard's desth.
It would take volumns to tell of all the
grand work this wonderful leader has
done to inspire aid encourage and
bring to pass the wonderful results in
the teforms of the world and her 70
yiars of work done by her influence
has not been in vain. She filled the
place Miss Willard left for h r well
and we trust God has another to take
the place of those He has called home,
who will yet lead on to victory, the
,:osts against wroi g. New members
were added to the roll and com ittees
appointed fo contest work and pub
lishing our meetings. Unfinished busi
ness was left for the next meeting to
be held the following Monday at three
o'clock in the home of Mrs. P. Claget.
All a e invited to come and join these
uplifting meetings for God and Home
and Native Land. f
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